Marine Scotland manages quota for fish stocks and all inshore fisheries within the 12 nautical mile territorial water limit. It is also responsible for controlling the activities of fishing vessels and fishing effort (days spent at sea) in the North Sea, west of Scotland and Faroese waters.
In this section, citable data and reports relevant to fishing activities will be added.

FISA Project 07/14: Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 8 No 2
Twin trawl trials were conducted in the West Coast of Scotland to examine
the selectivity of Nephrops (Nephrops norvegicus) with regards to codends of
the following mesh size...